ACADEMIC & NON-ACADEMIC CURRICULUM VITÆ

Topics:

• Areas of Interest & Educational Background

• Academic Positions

• Scholarly Publications & Presentatons

• Non-Academic Positions

• Non-Acadmic Activities & Publications

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AREAS OF INTEREST

Organization, Management & Communications
Political and Moral Philosophy
German Realism and Idealism
Small Systems in Business & Graphics Applications

EDUCATION

• 1981 – 1983 Fordham University, Department of Philosophy

• 1976 – 1980 New School for Social Research, Graduate Faculty, Department of Philosophy

• 1967 – 1973 Unity College

OTHER TRAINING

• Languages: German (read, speak); French (read); Greek (limited); Chinese (limited)

• Certifications: A+ technician certification, NYS Wildlife Rehabilitator Class II

MEMBERSHIPS (at different times)

• American Philosophical Association, ICIS Forum, The Authors Guild, IEEE Computer Society, Association for Computing Machinery, American Political Science Association, New York State Wildlife Rehabilitation Council

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

• 2003 – 2011: Part-time Instructor, Mercy College, undergraduate online DL courses in Medical Ethics, Introduction to Philosophy; graduate seminars in Professional Ethics

• 2007 – 2008: Instructor, Berkeley College, lower division philosophy

• 1994 – 2014: Part-time Instructor, Borough of Manhattan Community College [CUNY]; marketing, management, advertising

• 1992 – 1993: Part-time Instructor, Queensborough Community College [CUNY]; logic

• 1986 – 1988: Instructor, Hofstra University; introduction to philosophy, asian philosophy, logic, classical philosophy, ethics, existentialism

• 1983 – 1986: Part-time Instructor, Queensborough Community College [CUNY]; logic, lower-division philosophy (Death & Dying, Introduction &c.)

• 1984 – 1985: Lecturer, Bergen Community College; symbolic logic, lower division philosophy

• 1981 – 1983: Graduate Fellow, Department of Philosophy, Fordham University

• 1980 – 1981: Instructor, New York University, General Studies Program; modern European political and social thought and history, undergraduate thesis supervision

• 1980: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Seton Hall University; ethics, logic

• 1978 – 1980: Lecturer, Mercy College; logic, introduction to philosophy, political philosophy

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SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES

Publications

• “A Definition of University Teaching: A Perhaps-Swiftean Modest Proposal” ERIC ED505674 (rev. 2009)

• “Managing Community Colleges: Assessment at the Century Mark”, ERIC ED505280 November, 2003

• Human Habitat: Garden City (Man’s Heritage Press), September, 1995

• Review of D. H. Bishop (ed.), Chinese Thought, An Introduction (Delhi &c. [Banarsidass], 1985) in Philosophy East & West – August, 1987

• “Questions of Revolution in Chinese & Western Thought”, in Philosophie et culture: Montreal, 1986

• Review of A. I. A. Bookbinder, Computer Assisted Investment Handbook for Journal of Finance (with Hubert Roosma) – September, 1985

• “Preliminary Remarks for a Study of Modern Cities: A Problem with the Social Scientific Accounts”, COGITO – March, 1985

• “Mo Tzu & Hobbes: Remarks on Chinese & Western Political Thought”, COGITO–March, 1984

• Translation of Bandmann, “Das Problem der Gegenständlichkeit in der modernen Kunst”, in Winters & Kelly, Continental Philosophy & the Arts: University Press of America, September, 1983

• “Hermeneutic Philosophy: History as the Singular Ground of Thought”, COGITO – June, 1983

Letters

• Financial Times, July 5, 2003

• Financial Times, July 19, 2003

• eWeek, December 22, 2003

Viva voce

• “How Is Teaching Possible?” organized for and chaired at the XXth World Congress of Philosophy, Boston, August, 1998

• “A Definition of University Teaching: A Perhaps-Swiftean Modest Proposal”, contributed paper for the Philosophy of Education section of the XXth World Congress of Philosophy, Boston, August, 1998

• “Hermeneutic Dualities” at the 4th International Congress of Chinese Philosophy, July, 1985

• “‘Life’ as a Culturally Variable Ethical Concept”, organized for and chaired at the XVIIe Congrès mondial de philosophie, Montreal, August, 1983

• “Questions of Revolution in Chinese & Western Thought”, invited paper for Oriental Philosophy section, XVIIe Congrès mondial de philosophie, Montreal, August, 1983

• “Human Rights & Cities”, Xth Interamerican Congress of Philosophy, Tallahassee, October, 1981

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EXTRA MURES

• 1998 – Instructor, Computer Technical Support, The Chubb Institute (Journal Square)

• 1998 – Computer Assisted Learning Center director, St. Ann’s Church of Morrisania

• 1993 Technical Editor, Corel Magazine

• 1990 – Present Public Relations, Advertising & Marketing consulting; clients have included:

• 1989 – 2002 Contributing editor and columnist: AEC Canada & (successor) CAD Systems

• 1987 – 1989 Computer Graphics Editor, Computer Pictures

• 1986 – 1988 Products editor, Senior Products Editor, Contributing Editor, Computer Graphics Today; Computer Graphics Columnist, Audiovisual Communications; Videography

• 1984 – Present Self-employed consultant: graphics systems integration and applications development, user documentation; clients include:

• [Spring 1984 Computer Services Team – Gary Hart Campaign]

• 1974 – 1975 Whitney-Paige, Ltd.; executive recruiter in the banking and finance area

• 1973 – 1974 New York Institute for Hypnotherapy; public relations

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NON-ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

Between 1986 and 2001 I wrote an average of two or three by-lined feature articles or major product reviews a month for computer user and computer industry trade publications, including articles on desktop publishing, graphics design software and hardware, computer assisted instruction and management, and database design. In 1994, Addison-Wesley asked me to write what I believe is the only entry-level book on computer-graphics, Learn Desktop Graphics & Design on the PC (1995). I organized and participated in presentations on computer graphics and small-systems computing in New York tradeshows such as Computer Graphics New York and MAC/NY.

As a consultant, I've created and implemented a number of database designs and small-systems and network integrations for businesses, not-for-profit social services agencies, and arts organizations. In February, 1998, I was asked by St. Ann’s Episcopal Church, in New York’s South Bronx (featured on Oprah! and Rosie O'Donnell, and in Jonathan Kozol's best-selling books, Amazing Grace & Ordinary Resurrections, to work with them to build a new, state-of-the-art computer-assisted learning center for six-to-twelve-year-olds. In 2005, I undertook the complete renovation of that facility. As a beta-test site for many products targeted to business and graphics professionals, I have seen many products through the testing phase and into the marketplace, working both with marketing and development staff for these products. I have been interviewed from time to time by major trade publications, and my comments on computer graphics were videotaped for corporate advertising by such firms as NEC.

My academic experience has coupled nicely with what I have learned in the course of consulting in and writing about the computer industry. From Fall 1998 to Spring 1999, I helped introduce the new computer technical support curriculum at The Chubb Institute in Jersey City.

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